Strategizing martial law BACKBENCHER Rod. P. Kapunan 12/12/2009

Strategizing martial law BACKBENCHER Rod. P. Kapunan 12/12/2009 This column has no intention of joining the chorus voicing their opposition to martial law or questioning the merits of its declaration. Rather, we are deeply concerned that the regional imposition of the emergency rule could be a prelude to something about which nobody wants to think. Surely, Presidential Proclamation 1959 was issued to deal, though obviously not the proper remedy, with the premeditated massacre committed by a notorious warlord, who, until after that bloodbath, professed his loyalty to Arroyo. The ghastly killings.... MORE Source:  The Daily Tribune ALTERNATE URL: http://www.classicposters.com/commentary/20091212com3.html

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